The European Physical Journal A (EPJ A)

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Eur. Phys. J. A Online First
With Online First the articles are published in their final form as soon as they have been corrected. Articles are citeable by their DOI.

Special Article - Tools For Experiment And Theory

Upgrade of the Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer for Mainz MAMI-C
J. C. McGeorge, J. D. Kellie, J. R. M. Annand, J. Ahrens, I. Anthony, A. Clarkson, D. J. Hamilton, P. S. Lumsden, E. F. McNicoll, R. O. Owens, G. Rosner and A. Thomas
Published Online: 30 June 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2007-10606-0
Abstract | PDF file (642.4 KB)

Letter

Transverse-mass effective temperature in heavy-ion collisions from AGS to SPS
Yu. B. Ivanov and V. N. Russkikh
Published Online: 5 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10634-2
Abstract | PDF file (364.4 KB)

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

Latest HERMES results on transverse spin effects in hadron structure and formation^٭
L. L. Pappalardo
Published Online: 15 May 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10575-8
Abstract | PDF file (377.4 KB)

Neutron velocity distribution from a superthermal solid ²H₂ ultracold neutron source
I. Altarev, M. Daum, A. Frei, E. Gutsmiedl, G. Hampel, F. J. Hartmann, W. Heil, A. Knecht, J. V. Kratz, T. Lauer, M. Meier, S. Paul, U. Schmidt, Y. Sobolev, N. Wiehl and G. Zsigmond
Published Online: 7 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10604-8
Abstract | PDF file (325.1 KB)

Dielectron spectroscopy at 1-2 AGeV with HADES
The HADES Collaboration, S. Spataro, G. Agakishiev, C. Agodi, A. Balanda, G. Bellia, D. Belver, A. Belyaev, A. Blanco, M. Böhmer, J. L. Boyard, P. Braun-Munzinger, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, S. Chernenko, T. Christ, M. Destefanis, J. Diaz, F. Dohrmann, A. Dybczak, T. Eberl, L. Fabbietti, O. Fateev, P. Finocchiaro, P. Fonte, J. Friese, I. Fröhlich, T. Galatyuk, J. A. Garzón, R. Gernhäuser, A. Gil, C. Gilardi, M. Golubeva, D. González-Diaz, E. Grosse, F. Guber, M. Heilmann, T. Hennino, R. Holzmann, A. Ierusalimov, I. Iori, A. Ivashkin, M. Jurkovic, B. Kämpfer, K. Kanaki, T. Karavicheva, D. Kirschner, I. Koenig, W. Koenig, B. W. Kolb, R. Kotte, A. Kozuch, A. Krása, F. Krizek, R. Krücken, W. Kühn, A. Kugler, A. Kurepin, J. Lamas-Valverde, S. Lang, J. S. Lange, K. Lapidus, L. Lopes, M. Lorenz, L. Maier, A. Mangiarotti, J. Marin, J. Markert, V. Metag, J. Micel, B. Michalska, D. Mishra, E. Morinière, J. Mousa, C. Müntz, L. Naumann, R. Novotny, J. Otwinowski, Y. C. Pachmayer, M. Palka, Y. Parpottas, V. Pechenov, O. Pechenova, T. Pérez Cavalcanti, J. Pietraszko, W. Przygoda, B. Ramstein, A. Reshetin, M. Roy-Stephan, A. Rustamov, A. Sadovsky, B. Sailer, P. Salabura, A. Schmah, R. Simon, Yu. G. Sobolev, B. Spruck, H. Ströbele, J. Stroth, C. Sturm, M. Sudol, A. Tarantola, K. Teilab, P. Tlusty, M. Traxler, R. Trebacz, H. Tsertos, I. Veretenkin, V. Wagner, H. Wen, M. Wisniowski, T. Wojcik, J. Wüstenfeld, S. Yurevich, Y. Zanevsky, P. Zhou and P. Zumbruch
Published Online: 14 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10618-2
Abstract | PDF file (398.4 KB)

A new measurement of the structure functions P_LL - P_TT/ε and P_LT in virtual Compton scattering at Q² = 0.33(GeV/c)²
The A1 Collaboration, P. Janssens, L. Doria, P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, D. Baumann, J. C. Bernauer, I. K. Bensafa, R. Böhm, D. Bosnar, E. Burtin, N. D'Hose, X. Defaÿ, M. Ding, M. O. Distler, H. Fonvieille, J. Friedrich, J. M. Friedrich, G. Laveissière, M. Makek, J. Marroncle, H. Merkel, U. Müller, L. Nungesser, B. Pasquini, J. Pochodzalla, O. Postavaru, M. Potokar, D. Ryckbosch, S. Sanchez Majos, B. S. Schlimme, M. Seimetz, S. Sirca, G. Tamas, R. Van de Vyver, L. Van Hoorebeke, A. Van Overloop, Th. Walcher and M. Weinriefer
Published Online: 16 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10609-3
Abstract | PDF file (365.3 KB)

Spontaneous fission of neutron-deficient fermium isotopes and the new nucleus ²⁴¹Fm
J. Khuyagbaatar, S. Hofmann, F. P. Heßberger, D. Ackermann, H. G. Burkhard, S. Heinz, B. Kindler, I. Kojouharov, B. Lommel, R. Mann, J. Maurer, K. Nishio and Yu. Novikov
Published Online: 17 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10608-4
Abstract | PDF file (409.5 KB)

Exclusive ωπ⁰ production with muons
M. Bettinelli and W. Dünnweber
Published Online: 18 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10620-8
Abstract | PDF file (323.8 KB)

Shifting the closed proton shell to Z = 122 -A possible scenario to understand the production of superheavy elements Z = 112-118
P. Armbruster
Published Online: 25 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10607-5
Abstract | PDF file (761.6 KB)

Precise half-life measurement of the ²⁶Si ground state
I. Matea, J. Souin, J. Äystö, B. Blank, P. Delahaye, V. -V. Elomaa, T. Eronen, J. Giovinazzo, U. Hager, J. Hakala, J. Huikari, A. Jokinen, A. Kankainen, I. D. Moore, J. -L. Pedroza, S. Rahaman, J. Rissanen, J. Ronkainen, A. Saastamoinen, T. Sonoda and C. Weber
Published Online: 28 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10623-5
Abstract | PDF file (536.1 KB)

E2 transition probabilities in the decoupled band of the ¹²⁹La nucleus
I. Sankowska, Ch. Droste, E. Grodner, T. Morek, J. Srebrny, A. A. Pasternak, J. Kownacki, P. Napiorkowski, S. G. Rohozinski, M. Kowalczyk, M. Kisielinski, R. Kaczarowski and E. Ruchowska
Published Online: 29 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10621-7
Abstract | PDF file (1003 KB)

Nucleon charge exchange on the deuteron: A critical review
F. Lehar and C. Wilkin
Published Online: 12 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10627-1
Abstract | PDF file (443.5 KB)

Investigation of lifetimes in the dipole band of ¹³⁹Sm
A. A. Pasternak, E. O. Lieder, R. M. Lieder, S. Chmel, W. Gast, Ts. Venkova, G. de Angelis, D. R. Napoli, A. Gadea, D. Bazzacco, R. Menegazzo, S. Lunardi and G. Duchêne
Published Online: 12 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10631-5
Abstract | PDF file (930.5 KB)

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Correlation and polarization characteristics of the nuclear quasi-free (p, dπ reaction
V. V. Balashov and V. K. Dolinov
Published Online: 20 June 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2007-10601-5
Abstract | PDF file (800.7 KB)

Two photons into π
J. A. Oller and L. Roca
Published Online: 26 June 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10600-0
Abstract | PDF file (692.3 KB)

Charmed meson rescattering in the reaction ¯d → ¯DN
J. Haidenbauer, G. Krein, U. -G. Meißner and A. Sibirtsev
Published Online: 26 June 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10602-x
Abstract | PDF file (433.5 KB)

Interplay among the azimuthally dependent HBT radii and the elliptic flow - Insights from the Buda-Lund hydro model
M. Csanád, B. Tomásik and T. Csörgo
Published Online: 2 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10605-7
Abstract | PDF file (257.6 KB)

Chemical freeze-out temperature in the hydrodynamical description of Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{{s_}}$ = 200 GeV
P. Huovinen
Published Online: 7 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2007-10611-3
Abstract | PDF file (278.2 KB)

$\eta{^\prime}$ meson production in nucleon-nucleon collisions near the threshold
L. P. Kaptari and B. Kämpfer
Published Online: 8 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10622-6
Abstract | PDF file (843.6 KB)

Form factors in RQM approaches: Constraints from space-time translations
B. Desplanques and Y. B. Dong
Published Online: 14 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10603-9
Abstract | PDF file (382.9 KB)

A new form of three-body Faddeev equations in the continuum
H. Witala and W. Glöckle
Published Online: 14 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10610-x
Abstract | PDF file (279.5 KB)

A stabilized pairing functional
J. Erler, P. Klüpfel and P. -G. Reinhard
Published Online: 14 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10615-5
Abstract | PDF file (265.6 KB)

Baryon polarization in low-energy unpolarized meson-baryon scattering
Antonio O. Bouzas
Published Online: 15 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10612-8
Abstract | PDF file (918.2 KB)

Neutron transfer dynamics and doorway to fusion in time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory
A. S. Umar, V. E. Oberacker and J. A. Maruhn
Published Online: 16 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10614-6
Abstract | PDF file (295.4 KB)

Towards an understanding of heavy baryon spectroscopy
A. Valcarce, H. Garcilazo and J. Vijande
Published Online: 17 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10616-4
Abstract | PDF file (168.1 KB)

Pseudospin symmetry as an accidental symmetry in the relativistic framework
S. Marcos, M. López-Quelle, R. Niembro and L. N. Savushkin
Published Online: 17 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10619-1
Abstract | PDF file (566.3 KB)

A model study of discrete scale invariance and long-range interactions
H. -W. Hammer and R. Higa
Published Online: 18 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10617-3
Abstract | PDF file (256.4 KB)

Completeness of the Coulomb scattering wave functions
A. M. Mukhamedzhanov and M. Akin
Published Online: 25 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2007-10613-1
Abstract | PDF file (186.5 KB)

Energy dependence of Lévy stability and multi-fractal spectrum in e⁺e^- collisions
Chen Gang, Li Di-Kai and Liu Lian-Shou
Published Online: 30 July 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10624-4
Abstract | PDF file (503.3 KB)

The N^*(1710) as a resonance in the ππN system
K. P. Khemchandani, A. Martínez Torres and E. Oset
Published Online: 12 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10625-3
Abstract | PDF file (787.4 KB)

Interaction of the single-particle and collective degrees of freedom in non-magic nuclei: The role of phonon tadpole terms
S. Kamerdzhiev and E. E. Saperstein
Published Online: 12 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10628-0
Abstract | PDF file (510.2 KB)

Properties of proton-rich nuclei in a three-body model
Yanyun Chu, Zhongzhou Ren and Chang Xu
Published Online: 27 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10626-2
Abstract | PDF file (534.4 KB)

Universal properties and structure of halo nuclei
David L. Canham and H. -W. Hammer
Published Online: 28 August 2008
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2008-10632-4
Abstract | PDF file (564.6 KB)